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ECE – 405 TRANSDUCER TECHNOLOGY

Instrument Classification and Characteristics: Classification, Static Characteristics, Dynamic Characteristics, Calibration Measurement System Errors Random and Systematic Errors, System Disturbance due to measurement, Modifying inputs in measurements systems, Other sources of error, Error Reduction

Data Analysis and Presentation: Statistical analysis of data, Estimation of total measurement system errors, representation of errors.

Translational Displacement Measurement: Resistive Potentiometer, LVDT, Variable inductance transducer, Variable capacitance transducer, Strain gauge, Piezoelectric Transducer, Other method of measuring small displacement, Measurement of large displacement, Proximity sensors, Selection of Translational displacement transducer.

Translational velocity and acceleration measurement: Measurement of Translation velocity, Measurement of acceleration.

Rotational displacement measurement: Circular and helical potentiometer, Rotational differential transformer, Incremental shaft encoders, Coded disc shaft encoders, The Resolver, The synchro, Induction Potentiometers, Rotary induction, Gyroscopes, Choice between different instruments.

Rotational velocity measurements: Differential of angular displacement measurements, Integration of the output from a accelerometers, De Tachometer generator, AC Tachometer generator, Drag cup tachometric generator, Variable reluctance velocity transducer, Photoelectric pulse counting method, Stroboscopic method, Mechanical flyball, The rate gyroscope, Fiber optic gyroscope, Choice between different instruments.

Force & Torque measurement: Force measurement, Torque measurement.

Opto electronic Transducer: Basic Photometric Term, Photo Conductive Cells, Photo multipliers tube, Photo Voltaic Cell, Photodiode, Photo transistor, Light emitting diode, Optocouplers

TEXTBOOKS:

  1. Principles of Measurement and Instrumentation - Alan S. Morris
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